evangelizar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ēvangelizāre, from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.vɐ̃.ʒe.liˈza(ʁ)/ [e.vɐ̃.ʒe.liˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.vɐ̃.ʒe.liˈza(ʁ)/ [e.vɐ̃.ʒe.liˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.vɐ̃.ʒe.liˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.vɐ̃.ʒe.liˈza(ʁ)/ [e.vɐ̃.ʒe.liˈza(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.vɐ̃.ʒe.liˈza(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐ̃.ʒɨ.liˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐ̃.ʒɨ.liˈzaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.bɐ̃.ʒɨ.liˈzaɾ/ [i.βɐ̃.ʒɨ.liˈzaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐ̃.ʒɨ.liˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: e‧van‧ge‧li‧zar

Verb

evangelizar (first-person singular present evangelizo, first-person singular preterite evangelizei, past participle evangelizado)

1. (transitive, Christianity) to evangelize (preach the Christian gospel to non-Christians)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of evangelizar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	evangelizar
Personal	evangelizar	evangelizares	evangelizar	evangelizarmos	evangelizardes	evangelizarem
Gerund
	evangelizando
Past participle
Masculine	evangelizado			evangelizados
Feminine	evangelizada			evangelizadas
Indicative
Present	evangelizo	evangelizas	evangeliza	evangelizamos	evangelizais	evangelizam
Imperfect	evangelizava	evangelizavas	evangelizava	evangelizávamos	evangelizáveis	evangelizavam
Preterite	evangelizei	evangelizaste	evangelizou	evangelizamos1, evangelizámos2	evangelizastes	evangelizaram
Pluperfect	evangelizara	evangelizaras	evangelizara	evangelizáramos	evangelizáreis	evangelizaram
Future	evangelizarei	evangelizarás	evangelizará	evangelizaremos	evangelizareis	evangelizarão
Conditional	evangelizaria	evangelizarias	evangelizaria	evangelizaríamos	evangelizaríeis	evangelizariam
Subjunctive
Present	evangelize	evangelizes	evangelize	evangelizemos	evangelizeis	evangelizem
Imperfect	evangelizasse	evangelizasses	evangelizasse	evangelizássemos	evangelizásseis	evangelizassem
Future	evangelizar	evangelizares	evangelizar	evangelizarmos	evangelizardes	evangelizarem
Imperative
Affirmative		evangeliza	evangelize	evangelizemos	evangelizai	evangelizem
Negative (não)		não evangelizes	não evangelize	não evangelizemos	não evangelizeis	não evangelizem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• evangelho

Further reading

• “evangelizar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “evangelizar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “evangelizar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “evangelizar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “evangelizar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “evangelizar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ēvangelizāre, from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ebanxeliˈθaɾ/ [e.β̞ãŋ.xe.liˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ebanxeliˈsaɾ/ [e.β̞ãŋ.xe.liˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧van‧ge‧li‧zar

Verb

evangelizar (first-person singular present evangelizo, first-person singular preterite evangelicé, past participle evangelizado)

1. (transitive, Christianity) to evangelize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of evangelizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			evangelizar
gerund			evangelizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		evangelizado		evangelizada
		plural		evangelizados		evangelizadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	evangelizo	evangelizastú evangelizásvos	evangeliza	evangelizamos	evangelizáis	evangelizan
	imperfect	evangelizaba	evangelizabas	evangelizaba	evangelizábamos	evangelizabais	evangelizaban
	preterite	evangelicé	evangelizaste	evangelizó	evangelizamos	evangelizasteis	evangelizaron
	future	evangelizaré	evangelizarás	evangelizará	evangelizaremos	evangelizaréis	evangelizarán
	conditional	evangelizaría	evangelizarías	evangelizaría	evangelizaríamos	evangelizaríais	evangelizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	evangelice	evangelicestú evangelicésvos2	evangelice	evangelicemos	evangelicéis	evangelicen
	imperfect (ra)	evangelizara	evangelizaras	evangelizara	evangelizáramos	evangelizarais	evangelizaran
	imperfect (se)	evangelizase	evangelizases	evangelizase	evangelizásemos	evangelizaseis	evangelizasen
	future1	evangelizare	evangelizares	evangelizare	evangelizáremos	evangelizareis	evangelizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		evangelizatú evangelizávos	evangelice	evangelicemos	evangelizad	evangelicen
	negative		no evangelices	no evangelice	no evangelicemos	no evangelicéis	no evangelicen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of evangelizar (c-z alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive evangelizar
	dative	evangelizarme	evangelizarte	evangelizarle, evangelizarse	evangelizarnos	evangelizaros	evangelizarles, evangelizarse
	accusative	evangelizarme	evangelizarte	evangelizarlo, evangelizarla, evangelizarse	evangelizarnos	evangelizaros	evangelizarlos, evangelizarlas, evangelizarse
with gerund evangelizando
	dative	evangelizándome	evangelizándote	evangelizándole, evangelizándose	evangelizándonos	evangelizándoos	evangelizándoles, evangelizándose
	accusative	evangelizándome	evangelizándote	evangelizándolo, evangelizándola, evangelizándose	evangelizándonos	evangelizándoos	evangelizándolos, evangelizándolas, evangelizándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative evangeliza
	dative	evangelízame	evangelízate	evangelízale	evangelízanos	not used	evangelízales
	accusative	evangelízame	evangelízate	evangelízalo, evangelízala	evangelízanos	not used	evangelízalos, evangelízalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative evangelizá
	dative	evangelizame	evangelizate	evangelizale	evangelizanos	not used	evangelizales
	accusative	evangelizame	evangelizate	evangelizalo, evangelizala	evangelizanos	not used	evangelizalos, evangelizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative evangelice
	dative	evangelíceme	not used	evangelícele, evangelícese	evangelícenos	not used	evangelíceles
	accusative	evangelíceme	not used	evangelícelo, evangelícela, evangelícese	evangelícenos	not used	evangelícelos, evangelícelas
with first-person plural imperative evangelicemos
	dative	not used	evangelicémoste	evangelicémosle	evangelicémonos	evangelicémoos	evangelicémosles
	accusative	not used	evangelicémoste	evangelicémoslo, evangelicémosla	evangelicémonos	evangelicémoos	evangelicémoslos, evangelicémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative evangelizad
	dative	evangelizadme	not used	evangelizadle	evangelizadnos	evangelizaos	evangelizadles
	accusative	evangelizadme	not used	evangelizadlo, evangelizadla	evangelizadnos	evangelizaos	evangelizadlos, evangelizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative evangelicen
	dative	evangelícenme	not used	evangelícenle	evangelícennos	not used	evangelícenles, evangelícense
	accusative	evangelícenme	not used	evangelícenlo, evangelícenla	evangelícennos	not used	evangelícenlos, evangelícenlas, evangelícense

Related terms

• evangelio

 

Further reading

• “evangelizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014